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Canada Life House 2 - 6 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5BA

25/1764/PD56MPD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RESAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class E (commercial) to 74no. Class C3 dwellinghouses.

Received
10 December 2025
Decision due
29 January 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 23 October 2026
Ward
Potters Bar Parkfield
Agent
Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 9 February.

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Canada Life House 2 - 6 High Street Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5BA. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 10 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Potters Bar Parkfield. We hold 3,353 applications in total for the EN6 postcode area.

81% of outline applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EN6 5BA
Application type
PD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RES
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2025
Consultation expiry
9 February 2026
Consultation start
19 January 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 January 2026
Last date for comments
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Site notice start
6 January 2026
Site notice end
27 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14544772
Documents
34
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Dec

    Change of use from Class E (commercial) to 69no. Class C3 dwellinghouses.

    PendingPD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RESFiled alongside25/1763/PD56M
  2. 2025
    10 Dec

    Change of use from Class E (commercial) to 74no. Class C3 dwellinghouses.

    This applicationPendingOutline25/1764/PD56M

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